alt Hacker NewsAnthropic feels like they are flailing around constantly trying to find something to do. A C compiler that didn't work, a browser that didn't work, and now solving bugs in Firefox.
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I think it's a nice break from vibe-coding. It feels like a good direction in terms of use cases for LLM.
Solving bugs in Firefox is quite impressive.
However, the shape is there. And no one knows how good the thing is going to be after X months. We are measuring months here, not even years.
I believe there is a theoretical cap about the capability of LLM. I'm wondering what does it look like.
I think OpenAI is flailing around too-- we're making an AI-generated shortform video app, we're rescinding restrictions on porn, we're making a... something... with Jony Ive-- but only Anthropic is flailing in a way beneficial to society instead of becoming a trillion dollar heroin dealer.
That's what people back then must have talked about small offshoots like Google and Microsoft back when silicon valley was nascent
This makes sense - they are demonstrating the capability of their core product by doing so? They dont make browsers, c compilers, they sell ai + dev tools.